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Theoretical Models of W Virginis Variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Alan Bridger
Alan Bridger*
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Castle, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 1RP, England

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W Virginis variables are the population II counterparts of the classical cepheids, although they do not show quite the same trends as are seen in the latter. Theoretical studies of the population II cepheids have not been very extensive until recent studies of the shorter period variables (BL Herculis variables, with periods between 1 and 10 days). The variables with periods above 10 days (up to about 50 days) have only been studied by a few authors, modelling the prototype star (W Vir) (.g. Christy 1966; Davis 1974). Although these models qualitatively reproduced the observations they were not very successful, and were based on a stellar mass (0.88 Mʘ) that now seems likely to be too high.

Type
Part IV. Population II Cepheids
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 82: Cepheids: Theory and Observations , 1985 , pp. 246 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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